//: net/mindview/util/Range.java
// Array creation methods that can be used without
// qualifiers, using Java SE5 static imports:
package net.mindview.util;

public class Range
{
	// Produce a sequence [0..n)
	public static int[] range(int n)
	{
		int[] result=new int[n];
		for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
			result[i]=i;
		return result;
	}
	
	// Produce a sequence [start..end)
	public static int[] range(int start,int end)
	{
		int sz=end-start;
		int[] result=new int[sz];
		for(int i=0;i<sz;i++)
			result[i]=start+i;
		return result;
	}
	
	// Produce a sequence [start..end) incrementing by step
	public static int[] range(int start,int end,int step)
	{
		int sz=(end-start)/step;
		int[] result=new int[sz];
		for(int i=0;i<sz;i++)
			result[i]=start+(i*step);
		return result;
	}
} /// :~
